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Learn about the family and mystery of Charles Gilbert Decker of Warwick, New York, c.1900. He married Lydia Mayo and died in 1909. My Branch of the Decker Family (See also Dickinson ) Loading ancestor list... 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 ... 100 Blogs about the Deckers The lands of my ancestors From the overlook at Whitney Point, New York, a magnificent view is beheld. Apart from the beauty of the surrounding land and Whitney... Timelapse trip to beautiful Upstate New York The trip to the center of the great State of New York is about four to five hours away from central New Jersey by car and about three... The Great Migration - Colonial America Early settlement of the English and Europeans in America was only made after several failed attempts starting as early as 1584. These... Castle Clinton in Battery Park, NYC Did your ancestors come to American through Castle Clinton? Check out pics from my recent visit! Walloon Settler's Monument A granite monument nearly 10-feet tall, commemorating the Walloon Settlers who joined the Dutch settlement in New Amsterdam, now Manhattan.. The Netherland Monument at Battery Park During our trip to New York City last week, one of the monuments I marked on our tour route was the Netherland Monument in Battery Park... 1 2 3 4 5 Your comments, corrections, and additions are welcome! Join the discussion or start a new conversation! Share your Decker family memorabilia, records, and photos! Genealogy Addict May 09, 2019 Samuel H. Decker after the Civil War Like Reactions 0 0 comments 0 Views Genealogy Addict Jan 24, 2019 Welcome to the Decker Genealogy Forum! Like Reactions 0 0 comments 0 Views Join me on WikiTree! This collaborative family tree allows you to contribute facts, make corrections, add photographs, sources, or whatever you can contribute. WikiTree has also integrated DNA test results to help confirm relationships. Join for free! Subscribe for Free Updates Blogs about other Deckers Blogs about the Mayos Blogs about the Strongs This is our outdated comments section. Please use the new comment box above or the Decker Genealogy Forum for new comments.

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While registering births in New York was not required until the 1880s, marriages have required a marriage license or bond since the 1660s. Check this resource for finding marriage licenses issues in New York prior to 1784: Names of persons for whom marriage licenses were issued by the secretary of the province of New York, previous to 1784 [ Alternate Link ] See also: New York Marriages 1703-1705 New York Marriages 1756-1758 Supplementary list of marriage licenses Click here for more New York resources . Click here for all Genealogy Resources . #newyork #marriagerecords #colonial #records #genealogy #resources

Joshua Burrill was born in 1781 in Thompson, Windham, Connecticut. He married Caroline Fitts in Oxford, Massachusetts, on March 9, 1809. Together they had five confirmed children and I believe they were also the parents of Sophronia, my 4th great-grandmother. Caroline died in 1848 and Joshua remarried to a woman by the name of Merinda. His will was written on April 23, 1864 and he died almost one year later, on April 15, 1865. It was the very same day of Abraham Lincoln's assassination. His will was probated on May 22, 1865, in Genesee County. Transcription: "In the name of God, Amen. I, Joshua Burrill, of the Town of Pembroke in the County of Genesee and State of New York, of the age of eighty-two years and being of sound mind and memory, do make, publish and declare this my last will and testament in the manner following that is to say: First, I give and bequeath to my three oldest daughters, Patty [Martha] Redman, Brooksey King and Achsah King the sum of two hundred dollars a piece. I direct and order to be paid out of my estate to the said respective legatees within five years after my decease. Second, I give and bequeath to my only son, Arba F. Burrill, the sum of ten dollars and to be paid within five years after my decease. Third, I give and devise to my youngest daughter, Mahaleth Sumeriski and Jacob Sumeriski , her husband, and the survivor of them all my real estate that I may own at my decease, for them to own and control forever, and I further give and bequeath to my daughter Mahaleth and Jacob Sumeriski all my personal estate goods and chattels of what nature or kind soever for them to have and to hold forever, and I do further provide that the said Mahaleth and Jacob Sumeriski shall pay or cause to be paid the above legacies within the time mentioned for payment for the same. Fourth, I do further provide that my wife is to be provided for, and taken care of so long as she shall live by the said Mahaleth and Jacob Sumeriski , and the support and maintenance of my said wife and the above mentioned legacies shall be a hire and charge upon my estate divided and bequeathed to them. In witness thereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twenty third day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five. - Joshua Burrill Here Joshua mentions four daughters, but when the 1820 census was taken, he lived in Auburn, Worcester, Mass. His household contained one male under age 10 (Arba), one male 26-44 (Joshua), three females under age 10 (Brooksey, Achsah, Sophronia?), one female age 10-15 (Martha), one female age 26-44 (Caroline). It is puzzling to me why no mention is made of Sophronia in his will. Written family histories give her father's name as Joshua Burrill and my DNA even matches his descendants and relatives of his parents, as mentioned in one of my previous blogs , but so far I know of no evidence of Sophronia's birth. It seems as if he disowned her - how sad! If anyone can help, please comment below or contact me. Following is the will of Joshua Burrill of Pembroke, Genesee County, New York. Feel free to print, save, or just view it here. Stay tuned for updates! See more... Sophronia Burrill Joshua Burrill New York Genealogy Resources by County & Town Genealogy Dashboard #burrill #sophroniaburrill #joshuaburrill #leonard #brickwall #genealogy #family

This letter Margaret (Dickinson) Reese wrote to her aunt, Emma Dickinson of Newark, New Jersey, in April 1954*. *The above letter was written after Margaret's daughter was born, and is therefore dated incorrectly. It must have been written in April of 1954, not 1953. Also, notice, she made no mention of cancer. Had she not been diagnosed yet? Surely she would have given her aunt an update if she had. The next letter is undated but appears to have been written after the previous letter, but obviously before Margaret's death, which occurred on September 11, 1954. This would indicate she was diagnosed and died within a maximum of five months. Read about her spectacular deathbed experience in my previous blog, Victory in death at the age of 24 . A diary that Emma Dickinson kept in 1919 is available for reading. Click here . See the Dickinson page for more. #margaretdickinson #dickinson #EmmaDickinson